had a fairly modest origins. He finished high school without obtaining a diploma, after which he began working in London as a hairdresser. Inconsequential jobs was followed until he began working in a restaurant as a cleaner first and then as a waitress. Then began to frequent the reading room of the British Museum, where he studied recipes and their interest in the kitchen.
such withdrawal has turned out not to be definitive, and Delia has returned to Olympus meteoric popularity with a new BBC program that began airing last week. And not without controversy: his new book, How to cheat at cooking (the same name as the first published, and it takes weeks in bookstores selling like hotcakes) has raised quite a stir. The British palate, at least outwardly, has evolved considerably since those days in which Delia taught viewers how to cook an egg. Now people are familiar with olive oil, organic products, feta cheese and balsamic vinegar. Delia's new book, perhaps as a reaction to excesses of culinary snobbery, offers cooking shortcuts such as using canned beef or frozen mashed potatoes. This has shocked many people, and some commentators have accused of wanting to sabotage the newborn like the British for good food proposing a return to pre-fabricated foods.
not appear that these criticisms will make much of a dent in the enormous popularity of someone who already has secured his place in the history of British popular culture of the twentieth century. As has happened in the past, the new TV series and the publication of his book have brought to surface again Delia effect: sales of products and utensils recommended she have soared across the country.
More information: Delia
Smith on How to Cheat on Cooking (Telegraph)
First, take your frozen mash (The Guardian)
official website of Delia Smith
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